All Events

Historical Events on April 30

  • Christopher Columbus

    1492

    Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

  • Central American Federation

    1838

    Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.

  • Battle of Camarón

    1863

    A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

  • Albert Einstein

    1905

    Albert Einstein writes his thesis Eine neue Bestimmung der Moleküldimensionen ("A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions").

  • Hoover Dam

    1947

    In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam for the second time.

  • Organization of American States

    1948

    In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.

  • World Wide Web

    1993

    CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

  • Abu Ghraib

    2004

    U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

  • Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia

    2008

    Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.

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Famous Deaths on April 30

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